Distibution of shares in Straumur-Burðarás Investment Bank hf. (STRB) will be treated as an ordinary dividend in the OMXI15 indexes

The Board of Directors of Straumur-Burðarás Investment Bank hf. (STRB) has
proposed a dividend payment of approx. EUR 0,0047 per share, payable in shares
on May 13, 2008. The proposal is to be voted on at the AGM on April 15, 2008.
The ex-date is April 16, 2008, and the record date is April 18, 2008.
Conditioned on the AGM's aproval the price of the distributed shares shall be
the average price of the shares on the day of the AGM and the Euro rate shall
be the Central Bank of Iceland's official Euro exchange rate on that day. 

The exchange will thus treat the distibution of shares in STRB in accordance
with rule 3.4 in the “Rules for the Construction and Maintenance of the OMXI15
Equity Index”. 

For further information, please see the Straumur-Burðarás Investment Bank hf.
announcement on April 9. 
 

Please direct all questions to Baldur Thorlacius
(baldur.thorlacius@nasdaqomx.com; tel: +354 525 2851) or William Raihle
(william.raihle@nasdaqomx.com; tel: +46 8 405 6764).